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Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) play a critical role in contributing to healthy regional economies that serve the needs of business and workers.  WDBs function in multiple roles—as a steward of Federal and non-Federal funds, overseeing a host...

A number of program guides, available manuals and instructional handbooks exist to help you achieve participant success, meet all of the requirements of a program, and integrate program services and available resources.

With the workforce primer and other overviews, the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, and other research entities, have provided numerous resources to give current and prospective partners a high-level introduction,...

This report documents the challenges dislocated older workers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic uncertainty of coping with dislocation and increasingly limited opportunities to find new employment.

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) aims to transition low-income older Americans to unsubsidized employment through job training, subsidized work experience with community-based and other organizations, and job placement...

Workforce development professionals operate within a highly integrated workforce system complete with co-located partners, procured service providers, and shared resource leveraging.  However, funding and available public resources are still...

As part of ongoing technical assistance provided to workforce professionals and service providers, the Access 30-Second Trainings and the Top 20 Take Home Now webinars address one-stop career center accessibility, accommodations for individuals...

Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which was signed into law in 2014, long-term unemployed (LTU) individuals receive training, supportive services and reemployment services to help them overcome extensive barriers that are...

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which was signed into law in 2014, envisions strong partnerships between local workforce development areas and local economic development agencies. Local workforce boards are encouraged to...

As the economic driver of the 21st century, small businesses and the organizations that serve them are critical partners to the workforce development system.  This toolkit is designed to assist your local area in building strong partnerships with...